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Giriraj Singh Bora

Giriraj Singh Bora is an Indian liver transplant surgeon.[1][2] He is the founder member of the Liver Transplant Society of India. Bora was the first surgeon to successfully transplant a liver in Rajasthan.[3] He carried out the first deceased donor and the first living donor liver transplants in Rajasthan and has been instrumental in starting a liver transplant program in the region. He currently serves as the joint director of Liver Transplantation and senior consultant of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Artemis Hospital.[4]

Giriraj Singh Bora
Born1 January 1975
Jaipur, Rajasthan
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationMCh Maulana Azad Medical College
OccupationSurgeon
Known forliver surgery
Medical career
Sub-specialtiesGastro intestinal surgery, Liver transplant
Websitelivertransplantinstitute.com

Early life and education edit

Born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Bora received his medical degree from JLN Medical College, Ajmer. He received an MS in Surgery from the same college in Rajasthan in 2003.[5] Bora later served as senior resident In the Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology, SGPGI Lucknow between 2004-2005. In 2008, he completed MCh in surgical gastroenterology from Gobind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. He also completed a fellowship liver transplantation from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in 2011.[citation needed]

Medical career edit

Bora started his medical career as a consultant for surgical gastroenterology in Fortis Hospital Jaipur. Later, he served as a senior resident in gastrointestinal surgery at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.

He joined Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi as the consultant in the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation in 2011.[6] He was in the team and performed 1450 liver transplantations and advanced liver, pancreatic and bile duct operations from 2012 to 2015.[7][8][9] In 2016, he was appointed as the Joint Director of Liver Transplantation & Senior Consultant of GI Surgery at Artemis Hospital.[10] In 2020, Bora performed a liver transplant on a one-year old baby[11][12][13][14]

Bora has been a contributor and editor to medical journals, textbooks and clinical publications.[15][16] He has carried out medical research and published articles on hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery and surgical gastroenterology.[17][18]

Awards and recognition edit

  • Travel Award of the International Liver Transplant Society in 2012 at San Francisco, USA
  • Honoured by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for performing the first liver transplant in the state
  • Young Investigator Award of the International Liver Transplant Society in 2013 at Sydney.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jaipur's 1st liver transplant from a living person successful - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ Barry, Christopher Taylor (29 December 2015). "Liver Transplant Success in Rajasthan: What It Takes". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The Times Group". epaperbeta.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.[dead link]
  4. ^ "List of doctors - Artemis Hospitals". www.artemishospitals.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Dr. Giriraj Bora". Health Nirvaana. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India". How To Relief. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. ^ Sharma, Shankar. "55 वर्षीय गार्ड ने 23 साल के युवा को दी नई जिंदगी". Patrika (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. ^ "12 घंटे में 10 सर्जन ने 20 लोगों के साथ कर दिया लिवर ट्रांसप्लांट". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 29 November 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  9. ^ "दूसरा लिवर ट्रांसप्लांट, पर हार्ट के लिए अब भी हो रहा है इंतजार". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 7 December 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Health". scoop.it. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Liver transplant of Saudi girl performed using bovine jugular vein of cow in Gurugram". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Gurugram Doctors perform rare liver transplant on infant using bovine jugular vein of cow". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  13. ^ "One-year-old Saudi child gets new life in India". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  14. ^ "मां ने एक साल की बेटी को लिवर देकर दिया नवजीवन". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  15. ^ Saluja, Sundeep Singh; Nayeem, Mohammed; Sharma, Barjesh Chander; Bora, Giriraj; Mishra, Pramod Kumar (2012). "Management of choledochal cysts and their complications". The American Surgeon. 78 (3): 284–290. doi:10.1177/000313481207800334. ISSN 1555-9823. PMID 22524764. S2CID 20259377.
  16. ^ "Presentations and Authors". abstract.iasgonline.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Dr. Giriraj Bora". Credihealth. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  18. ^ Gupta, Subash; Goyal, Neerav; Agarwal, Shaleen; Bora, Giriraj (17 September 2014). "Right Posterior sector Liver graft few septic complications as compared to modified right lobe liver graft even when GRWBR is low". XXIV National Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.
  19. ^ "Transplantation" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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